1.

_____ the demands of aerospace, medicine, and agriculture, aengineers, are creating exotic
new metallic substances.
    (A) Meet
    (B) Being met are
    (C) To meet
    (D) They are meeting

2. _______ James A. Bland, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” was adopted is the state song
of Virginia in 1940.
    (A) Was written b
    (B) His writing was
    (C) He wrote the
    (D) Written by

3. Mary Garden, ______ the early 1900’s was considered one of the best singing actresses of
her time.
    (A) a soprano was popular
    (B) in a popular soprano
    (C) was a popular soprano
    (D) a popular soprano in

4. In the realm of psychological theory Margaret F. Washburn was a dualist _____ that motor
phenomena have an essential role in psychology.
    (A) who she believed
    (B) who believed
    (C) believed
    (D) who did she believe

16. On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil forest consist of a nearly hundred
                                                                                        A                 B
      large stumps scattered on an exposed coal bed.
                                C                       D

17. The surface conditions on the planet Mars are the more like the Earth’s than are
                                A                                                    B                                C
       those of any other planet in the solar system.
                               D

18. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky
                                   A                                                              B                   C
       for twenty-four hours or longer.
                                               D  

Pembahasan Soal dan Jawaban

A. Structure
1. Jawab            : (C) To meet
    Keyword        : the demands of aerospace
    Pembahasan : Pola infinitive phrase: to infinitive + object of to infinitive
                             Kalimat tersebut menyatakan tujuan atau maksud. Maka dibutuhkan to
infinitive phrase.
                             Sehingg pilihan phrase yang tepat untuk mengisi rumpang tersebut adalah
to meet.

2. Jawab              : (D) Written by

    Keyword         : James A. Bland
    Pembahasan  : Kalimat di atas membutuhkan Adjective Phrase untuk menerangkan kata
benda “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”.
                              Frasa ajektif yang paling tepat adalah Written by. Mengapa disebut frasa
ajektif, karea past participle (v3) yang
                              tidak ditemani bentuk be atau have adalah sebuah ajektif.

3. Jawab            : (D) a popular soprano in

    Keyword        : Mary Garden
    Pembahasan : Kalimat pada soal membutuhkan Appositive Phrase. Mary Garden dan
appositive phrase (a popular soprano)
                              memiliki makna yang sama. Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah a popular
soprano in.

4. Jawab            : (B) Who believed

    Keyword        : a dualist
    Pembahasan : Pola adjective clause : (Conj. + S + V).
                              Untuk menerangkan kata benda a dualist maka klausa yang tepat adalah
who believed.

B. Written Expression.
16. Jawab           : (B) a nearly
      Keyword       : hundred large stumps
      Pembahasan : a nearly -> nearly
                               Kata “a nearly” tidak memerlukan indefinite article/determiner “a”,
karena kata benda stumps adalah plural.

17. Jawab            : (B) The more

      Keyword        : the planet Mars
      Pembahasan : the more -> more
                               Pola comparative: more ___ than ___
                               Maka seharusnya tidak perlu definite article “the” tapi cukup “more” saja.

18. Jawab            : (B) visible remains

      Keyword        : the sun
      Pembahasan : visible remains -> remains visible
                               Kata the sun dalam anak kalimat di atas memerlukan predicate bukan
noun phrase (visible remains).
                               Yang tepat seharusnya remains visible.